Surprising Trivia
From printing 60% of America's money to hosting the world's only twice-daily cattle drive, Fort Worth is full of surprising facts and fascinating trivia that make it truly unique.
About 60% of all U.S. paper currency is printed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth. Opened in 1991, this state-of-the-art facility produces billions of dollars in notes each year, making Fort Worth literally where money grows.
💡 The facility produces approximately 9.1 billion notes per year, worth over $200 billion!
The Tarrant County Courthouse, completed in 1895 with Texas pink granite quarried from Burnet County, was designed by architects Gunn & Curtis. The building was modeled after the Texas State Capitol and features a distinctive 170-foot clock tower visible throughout downtown.
💡 The courthouse cost $408,840 to build in 1895 - equivalent to about $14 million today.
The 'Light Bulb Methuselah' has been burning continuously since September 21, 1908, at what was originally the Palace Theater on Main Street. After over 116 years, it still glows today! The bulb is now preserved at the Stockyards Museum.
💡 Only the Livermore Centennial Light in California, burning since 1901, is older.
Fort Worth contains over 1,000 natural gas wells within city limits, sitting atop the Barnett Shale formation. This massive underground reserve contains an estimated 55 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, making Fort Worth one of the few major cities in America with active oil and gas production.
💡 The Barnett Shale is the largest producible onshore natural gas field in the United States.
Fort Worth maintains sister city relationships with nine cities around the world: Nagaoka (Japan), Trier (Germany), Budapest (Hungary), Toluca (Mexico), Bandung (Indonesia), Reggio Emilia (Italy), Fresno (USA), Mbabane (Eswatini), and Guiyang (China).
💡 The oldest relationship is with Nagaoka, Japan, established in 1987 through their shared 'Phoenix' symbolism.
The historic Stockyards Hotel, built in 1907, was once a hideout for the infamous outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Room 305 is now themed as the 'Bonnie & Clyde Suite' and the hotel is considered one of Fort Worth's most haunted locations.
💡 Guests have reported seeing ghostly apparitions and experiencing unexplained phenomena throughout the hotel.
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